US History

This is a great clip to use as a hook or a discussion point to introduce the Navajo Code Talkers in WWII. (World War 2, WW2, World War II)

This is a great clip to help introduce or briefly review elements of Japanese Internment Camps during WWII. (World War 2, WW2, World War II)

This is a quick timeline overview of the events of WWII.

In 1957, nine brave African American students faced immense hatred and violence as they attempted to integrate Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas. Despite being met with opposition from both the governor and a hostile mob, these students, known as the Little Rock Nine, continued to fight for their right to an equal education. This video tells the story of their struggle, highlighting both the injustices they faced and the progress that has been made in the years since.

This is a great video to help introduce or review the Nashville, Tennessee Sit ins during the Civil Rights Movement.

This is a great clip to introduce or review key points of the Truman Doctrine and The Marshall Plan in the rebuilding of Europe after WWII (World War 2, World War II, WW2). It includes clips of President Harry Truman and George Marshall as they propose an economic plan to help Europe rebuild. Only the Soviet Union (Russia) and its satelites will refuse the help setting the stage for the Iron Curtain to fall and The Cold War to begin.

This is an inspirational story of a pilot (Colonel Gail "Hal" Halvorsen, Uncle Wiggly Wings) who began dropping candy by handkerchief parachutes to the children of Berlin during the Berlin blockade at the end of WWII and thebeginning of The Cold War. (It starts about 17 seconds into the video.)

This is an Awesome Overview of the CIvil Rights Movement. It covers everything from Plessy Vs. Ferguson, Ku Klux Klan - KKK, Brown Vs. The Topeka Board of Education, Rosa Parks, Little Rock Nine, Martin Luther King Jr. - MLK, Malcolm X, Black Power, Stokely Carmichael, Black Panthers, Robert F. Kennedy,Selma, Birmingham, Watts, Bloody Sunday, The March on Washington, and the Assassinations of the Civil Rights leaders to the election of Barack Obama.

This is a great video clip to introduce or start a discussion about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr - MLK.

This is a great video overview with interesting facts about President George Washington produced by Disney.